Amos Vogel no longer walks the earth. He was a beautiful man and I remember drinking champagne with him in 2005 when we made the deal for getting his book, Film as a Subversive Art back into print (first published in 1974). He was the founder of the subversive cinema club, Cinema 16 (1940), which screened works by notorious film makers such as Kenneth Anger, Maya Deren and Yoko Ono.
He lived a potent life and contributed much to the cultural cannon. I raise a shot of vodka to him tonight. He will be missed and he will be remembered. God Bless his Soul.
You can review a Q&A he did for me here in 2005. Watch Paul Cronin's film in full over at Artist-Talks
And for more on the man and his contribution to film see this article from the Lincon Film Society. And The Sticking Place.